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Hello. You're about to drift into an episode of the Nightly a podcast designed to help you unwind and relax. For the full phone free immersive light experience, visit Hatch Co. Enjoy. What is up everybody? Good evening, I'm Jacquees.
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I'm Josh.
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And I'm kp. Welcome to the nightly on Hatch a slumber party for pop culture lovers.
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Oh, look at us, all three of us.
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This is so nice.
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This is beautiful.
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It's crowded in the pillow fort.
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It is, it is. And we all look great.
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We look great, we feel great.
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Yes. How are you buddy?
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I'm good. It's so nice to see you.
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I know me and KP are you know, west coasting it up.
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We've been holding it down.
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You are here. You are ready?
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I'm ready. I'm very excited to be here. It's been really nice.
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When'd you get in?
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On Monday afternoon. I was with my in laws out in the desert all weekend and then we took off Monday morning and got here. It was really nice.
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I love it. I don't expect you to answer this if the answer is no, but do you get along with your in laws?
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I do. I really like them. They're so sweet and lovely. But I do like being back kind of on my own routine.
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Oh certain.
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I feel like, especially as someone who is like so chaotically freelanced professionally and my wife as well, just having like anyone else be like. And here's when we're eating breakfast and I just become a child, I'm like, I don't wanna 100%.
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Jackies, have you ever hated like a partner's parents or not gotten along?
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No, no, I haven't. No, I've never hated. Well let me tell you about this one. No, I've never, I've never actually hated anybody's parents that I've dated. I mean I was in a very long relationship, like a 14 year relationship. So at a certain point, so you know, you go through the growing pains of, of that. So it was never like a love hate type thing. It was always love. There were moments where I was like, you know what, I think I'll stay home.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Because like when you first start dating someone and you know, you start and it gets serious and you start to meet their family, when you're there with them, you are in their customs and things like that for sure. But then as you get deep into your own relationship and you start to get your own customs. Now when you go to each one of your parents house, you are taken out of your, like, thing.
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Comfort zone.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so that was always interesting for me.
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And you're not really allowed to, like, talk to them. Like, you would talk to your parents. Like, when my mom tells me something that I'm like, mom, that's a crazy idea. We're not doing that. But when your partner's parents say it, you have to be like, oh.
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How did you come to that conclusion? That's interesting. Okay.
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You're not allowed to be like, get out of here, Mom.
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Yeah. So will you stop? Dang.
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My wife and I are both, like, pretty mindful of, like, if we're spending a lot of time with the other one's family, going like, hey, if you need to take a walk, if you need to take a nap, just tap out and I will cover for you. It's totally fine.
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That's so good.
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Yes.
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Like, having those cues together is amazing. I remember one time, too, because in my family, like, if we are watching something and we don't like it, we'll just be like, man, that was bad. That was a steaming pile. But one time, ex's brother who worked at a movie theater took us to go see District 9.
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Oh, yeah.
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Which was a trash movie. I hated it. That's interesting. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Maybe. Maybe that's too strong of a take. I didn't. Sure. And I said, like, as the credits were rolling, I was kind of boring. And boy, did he get upset.
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Oh, he's like, you don't say anything negative about movie.
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He was like, because I brought you here and this was my treat, you.
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Didn'T make the movie. Okay.
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He didn't direct District 9.
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No.
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And I was like, oh. So I. I gotta. I gotta be cognizant of that.
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Interesting.
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That's really funny, right? If you had brought your family and they to the movie and they all came over like, I hated this, you'd be like, yeah, well, that was trash.
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We was like, yeah, but, you know, those are the growing pains. But you know what? Before you get to the growing pains, you first got to go on the dates.
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That's right.
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You got to go on the dates. You got to show up for the dates. So how about we do something called It Happened One Night? We're going to share some Internet interesting dating stories. And we guys are going to share, all of us together. If we think these stories are red flags, green flags, or maybe a little bit in between, a little beige flag, you know? Are you guys ready to do This.
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I love this segment. I love.
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I do love this.
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I really like just seeing what you guys are up to. You guys are wild.
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Hey, listen, y'.
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All.
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Wild. Crazy. After my long relationship and I got back into the dating world, I was like, oh, I haven't dated since George Bush was in president, was in office. Like, this is a different world out here. All right, here we go. The guy and I had been talking for a few weeks when he asked me to go secondhand store shopping. I'm in. He picks me up in the morning, and his driving is scary, but shopping was fun. We have similar senses of humor, so lots of laugh. We go get lunch, and other than his driving, he's a little hyper. Great conversation. Okay, we'll stop there. Before we get to the end of the story, are there even any flags that are popping up?
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There's some flags.
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There's some flags. Okay, what's the flags?
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I mean, the green flag is, I think, thrifting. Sounds like a very fun date. I like that.
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And great conversation.
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Great conversation. He picked you up. Those are all green.
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Red.
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I really just don't like a bad driver. A fast drive. There's something just, like, dangerous. It's a little scary. I really am like, you gotta just be mindful when there's somebody else in your car and drive rain.
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That's fair. That's fair. I will push back on that, please. Because there are all types of drivers. And I also would be annoyed in the car with a slow, bad driver who is like, don't know how to merge. Don't know how.
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Of course, of course.
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Because this could be a. I like to go fast, and this driver was, like, painfully slow.
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To quote Tim Robinson, not everyone is good at everything. And driving isn't the only thing.
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I feel beige.
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I'll go beige. But, like, I could upgrade it to red.
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You could upgrade it to red.
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Okay, I haven't seen the rest of the story. I have fears with hyper and fast driving.
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That's true. A little hyper and fast driving.
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He's not just on a little Diet Coke. There might be a little something else going on.
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Okay, if you're Tracy Chapman, fast car might be a plus. She might say green flag.
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Tracy would say green flag 100%. If we were spoke of moments like this, if we were Vin Diesel, this person would be like, green flag immediately. She was family kp. If the speed limit is 35, how fast is too fast?
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55.
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Oh, we fine then.
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Yeah, we fine.
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I thought you was about to say 38 or something.
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No, no, no, I'm fine. Going fast. I do think that, like, I honestly don't mind the speed. I mind weaving.
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Oh. Weaving to me is like, that's fair.
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It's just scary. And I just am like, it's disrespectful and it like, kind of sometimes comes off to me, like, what are you trying to prove? What's this power play? Like, what. What makes you so important? I think there's, like, ramifications. There's some trickle down stuff here where I go, you're weaving in and out. You think you're better than somebody else.
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Okay, I don't know. All right, all right, I'm with you. I'm with you. Let's finish the story. Here we go. He drops me off and I thank him for a good time. He drops. Yeah, I should.
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I sense a change in the flag color.
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He drops. Yeah. I shouldn't have done meth this morning when I tease him about his driving. Never went out again. He understood why I wouldn't want to date a meth user. Still sends me cards. Still sends me cards and books on occasion. This is crazy.
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Honestly, that is kind of a green flag. He sounds really thoughtful at the end.
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This is awesome to be like, he understood I didn't want to date a meth yesterday.
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Yeah. Yeah. And he still sends me gifts every once in a while. I think that's a little bit of a red flag. But if she's accepting him, then, you know, by all means, yeah, you probably shouldn't have done meth. That's a red flag. You know, I think that's a red flag to do meth before a first date.
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And in the morning, it's not good.
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That's.
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There's no good time.
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There's no good time to do it.
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But there are better. Yeah, there are better times.
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Let me ask you this because. Because going back to the beginning of this, they were dating for a few weeks.
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Few weeks. And you didn't find.
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Yeah, this is. So this is the first time you found out he was doing that in his color show.
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Were they dating in person?
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Doesn't say. But it says the guy and I have been talking for a few weeks when he asked me to go to a secondhand store for shopping.
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Interesting.
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He picks me up in the morning and his driving is scary. So apparently this is the first time. Maybe they had been in the car before and stuff. But today his driving was wild.
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Yeah, I'm gonna say it. He's kind of a beige flag to me still. Because he Goes, I totally understand. No worries. He said, I know who I am. You know who you are.
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Yeah.
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Here's some gifts. Keep in touch.
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Allow me to push back just a little. I will say. Cause I agree with you.
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No.
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And I try not to shame people for their substance issues or whatever. However, I do think him going, like, you got me. I was doing meth this morning, and I choose meth over the possibility of this relationship. That, to me, is a little. That's. That's a red flag to me.
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That's a red flag in humanity. But just as a person, he knows what he wants.
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That's right. That's right.
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And what. I'll say. Josh, he didn't even say. All right, you got me. He offered up.
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That's right.
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I should.
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Yeah, you go. Okay.
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You offered it. Yeah, I'm going to take it.
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I do like this guy.
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He could have said. He could have lied. He could have been like, man, I was kind of sleepy this morning. Or he could have just been like, I smoked some weed. But he was like, no, I did meth.
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Yeah.
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I think mething. And driving. There's no PSA for it, I think, because people know you shouldn't do it.
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Yeah, don't do it. Don't do it.
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Don't meth and drive.
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Don't do it. Don't meth and drive. All right, so we got. I still. I. I still. I guess I'm beige, too.
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Beige. I'm also beige. I like a lot of. A lot of things about this guy.
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This says a lot about us. I just want that because there's a lot of people listening right now. He's like, red flag. And we're like, mushroom.
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Give him a chance. This is the thing, though, because this is how statistics lie. Because to. There aren't that many beige qualities he has. It's just like an equal amount of red and green that average out.
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He is doing really, really cool, nice things. And then doing uncool things.
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Yeah, exactly.
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Yeah.
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Should we go to story number two?
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Yeah.
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You got another one for us?
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I got another one for you. Here we go. I met a guy on an app who was older than me, which is not my usual dating demographic. He worked at Lowe's, and I was in the market for a lawnmower. He. He wanted to take me out to a nice seafood restaurant in the town he lived in, which isn't that far. He meets me outside with a large bouquet of flowers. I don't think I've ever gotten flowers on the day before. Ever in My life. It was sweet. Dinner was fine. Nice enough guy walking me back to my car. He tells me he has something for me in his trunk or his truck.
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Okay, so very different.
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Different energy.
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Different energy.
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That's a. That's an N. That's a C, not an N. You don't want to bring.
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Trunks into the situation in the first.
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Hey, baby, I got something. No, look in.
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Just look in.
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It must have shifted to the background.
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He has something for me in his truck. It's a freaking lawnmower. I politely tell him that I cannot possibly accept such a gift, and he tells me it was a customer return that was checked over and he also purchased at his employee discount. All right, we're going to stop right there. That's not the end of the story. We're going to stop right there. I will throw it to you. Josh.
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Yeah.
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Green, red, beige. What are you thinking so far?
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I think I have to say red, but only because I see too much of myself in this. I'm like, oh, if I worked at Lowe's in the lawnmower department, you would.
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Think I was, too.
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I would do this, and I think it would be too much of me, but that my natural impulse would be like, hey, why not? I can afford a lawnmower. She needs a lawnmower.
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Let's do this.
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Yeah, but I think it would. Other people would find it unnerving of me.
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I. Yeah, I feel that. I feel that. I don't know, kp. This feels like something that only a man would do.
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This is beige to me. It depends a little bit about how much you've been talking, but I would ultimately be like, oh, that was too much. I wish instead this person had just been like, how about over the next few weeks, I help you find the perfect one. Here's this one. I did research on this one. Then I'd be like, oh, that's the exact amount should give.
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And when you buy the lawnmower, you can use my employee discount.
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Of course, we could do it in person. You know, I just think there were better ways to do this, but I struggle to dock points off a person that's really trying to put their heart out there.
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It was very thoughtful. It was a really thoughtful thing. I don't think this is a red flag. I get why I can be a beige flag. Yeah, I get why I can be a beige flag. Most parts of me say, yeah, beige flag, it's a little too much. But then I also think, like, in certain circles, like, if people got a lot of money Like a lawnmower is like, you know, maybe a couple hundred bucks. The 200 gift ain't that much for some people. Now, if he's working at Lowe's, it might be a little bit too much for him. I don't know, unless he's the manager or something. But I'm like, maybe in his mind, he's like, this is nothing. This is a gift. This is a fun thing. It's not like a big purchase to him, but to her it is a big purchase. So that's why it's too much. And that's where the beige comes in.
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And some of the red comes in when you just have to zoom out and like, think about the. Have you created a scenario where someone feels indebted?
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They're gonna owe you for sure.
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Yeah.
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Have you created a scenario whether it came from a good place or not?
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That's true.
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Where someone. Now, if she didn't have a good time on that dinner, is now she gonna be like, well, I have to because you got me a lawnmower. And I would never want someone to do that to me. I would never want someone to feel they have to see me again. So you kind of like, protect yourself, protect them by being like, this is just getting to know someone. That's the first date. That's all I have to do because.
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I can see someone going, you don't want to go on a second date? I give you a lawn mower.
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Exactly. And you don't want her to feel like, oh, God, now I have to like, okay, should we go to drinks now?
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Do I have to talk to you again after this?
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You're right, Beijing.
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I owe you a lawnmower's worth of company.
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Well, to finish the story, I tell him that I would be happy to give him my non working lawnmower because he said he was handy and could possibly fix it so he has to drive to my house to pick it up because it doesn't fit in my car. I've never ever brought a date home to my house. He did not come inside, thank goodness. Our next date, in parentheses, consisted of him joining me on an hour long trip up to the next major city while I was pulling a dog from an animal shelter for a local rescue. The dude was super nice, but consistently acting like my dad. If it started to sprinkle, he would text me and tell me, please be careful. On my way home from work. I've driven in a blizzard before. I can handle sprinkles.
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Okay.
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Oh, so this took. This took a different Kind of turn this was.
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Yeah. A different kind of turn from what I thought this was.
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Is this the end? End?
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That's the end. Like, she. They. They ended with. I can handle sprinkles.
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Okay?
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I'm pissed.
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Okay.
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You don't get to act like. I don't know. I just am like, well, I thought the lawnmower being gifted to you was odd. Then you gave him, like, homework. You made him come and get another.
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Lawnmower, and then was happy he didn't come inside.
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If you're a thoughtful guy, how about you do some more work for me when you've already given me. I go, wait, what now he has to go pick up a lawnmower, and then the next date is he has to go travel an hour and a half to pick up a dog. And then you're like, he's being a little thoughtful with the sprinkle thing. I go, well, you're making him do odd things, so you're making him do some interesting odd things.
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Yeah. And then also, if it's raining, somebody just texting, hey, drive safe.
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Is like, oh, I got a hole.
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This is wild. That's wild to me.
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Okay, so I think the issue here is that she's not into him. I think if she was feeling the dynamic more and he texted like, hey, the roads are slippery. Get home safe. She would be like, that's sweet. But when you're not feeling it, you're like, this guy thinks he's my dad. You know what I mean?
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Yeah.
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I think it's one of those things of, like, that, to me, is fully neutral. It's just that she's like, oh, I'm already out on this, so it's unpleasant to me, which is her.
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Right. I think they both are red flags. Yeah, I think they're both red flags. I think. All right, sure. He was beige for the gift.
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Yeah.
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I don't think she likes him.
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Yeah, I don't think she likes him. And she's putting him in a dad position by being, like, this older guy who usually I don't like. I got him to fix something for me and go get me a pet. Why the heck is he being my dad? I go, what?
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Also, yeah, I've driven in blizzards before, too, but I can still crash a car in the rain just to get a little text. It's okay to wish me well.
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That's what I mean. I feel like if the dynamic was better on both sides, lawnmower aside, the rest of it would be like, oh, we're kind of getting to know each other. We're thinking of each other. But, like, when you don't like someone, anything that could be neutral is, like, now a negative.
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Yeah, yeah. And you're bringing in your own things from your own past. Or maybe. Yeah. You know, that text could come off pretty annoying if you didn't like the person. If it's like. And please make sure you wear your shoes in it. Like, yeah, those. You can feel those ways. But that's not probably what he's saying.
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But if it's like raining and you're like super into someone and they're like, hey, it's raining, I hope you crash your car. Cause you're gonna look so hot at your funeral. You'd be like, all right, cool, I'm in.
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He's awesome. Yeah, I think they're both a bit red for me. They just are in different.
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You know, I think this is a person who has either been in a long term relationship and is no longer in one because, like, just certain things, like, I have never, ever brought a date home to my house, which, like. Yeah, I'm sure, you know, there are some. But like, eventually, if you are dating a lot, you eventually bring somebody back to the crib.
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Right?
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We clapping the pillow forts in here. But if this person has never brought a date home to the house, our next date, like, this person obviously has a home with a lawnmower and lawn and stuff. So they feel very independent and, you know, on their own kinda. So I think this person isn't ready to date.
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I think so too. Yeah.
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Whether or not this guy's behavior is bad, it's like, you don't like this person. You can say that.
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And you might need a little more toes in first. This guy was kind of jumping in of. All right, I'll take care of everything. He didn't like that.
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That's fine.
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He needs that lawnmower. He's gonna need it for his burial plot soon. From what it sounds like, he's ancient. The oldest man at Lowe's invited him.
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He's the oldest man at Lowe's?
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For a seafood dinner.
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Yeah, that's why he got a good employee discount. He's been there since it opened.
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He's Mist.
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Mr. Lowe. This is Mr. Lowe himself. All right, well, listen, there it is. So final verdict on. I don't even. I just say red flag. Let's go.
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Red flag.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I think it's fair to count something as a red flag if it's wrong for you.
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Yeah, sure, that's fair.
C
Yep.
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That is fair. That is fair. That is fair. Well, you know what? These have been dating stories.
C
Wow.
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It Happened One Night. I feel so qualified to keep giving dating advice.
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I really like it, but I think.
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It'S time for us to turn on in and dream and dream about better dates. Yes. Better dates and better days. So, K.P. josh, this has been beautiful, but I'm getting a little sleepy. And to help our listeners fall asleep too, maybe we do some good nights ASMR style. Does that sound right?
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Sounds like a great idea.
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All right, go ahead. Somebody kick us off.
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I'll kick us off. And this feels very natural to me, by the way. I like doing it.
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Yes, it's a beautiful night.
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You're next to a crackling fireplace. A wind blows in the trees outside your bedroom window. Is this nice or is this scary? Good night.
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Gonna play some music? I'm listening to some music. It's time for sleep. Good night.
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I'm gonna roll around a bunch of beads.
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I'm gonna stretch. My knees are bad, so they're gonna pop.
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Gently rub my facial hair against the pillow as I turn over to the cool side.
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Yes.
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I'm gonna, like, whip the blanket to get it all nice and arranged.
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I'm gonna turn the T.
C
I love that program. I was watching the same thing.
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No, no spoilers.
B
I haven't watched yet.
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Hosts: Jacquees, Josh, KP
Date: February 13, 2026
Main Theme:
A relaxed, late-night group chat dissecting quirky dating stories and the nuances of modern relationships, through the lens of “red,” “green,” and the all-important “beige flag.” The trio laugh, commiserate, and offer surprisingly thoughtful analysis on what makes a date (or dater) truly cringey, sweet, or somewhere in between.
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A woman recalls a promising thrifting-and-lunch date derailed by the guy’s scary driving and hyper energy. The twist? He admits to having done meth that morning.
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The group mostly lands at “beige flag” — he’s both surprisingly thoughtful and wildly inappropriate. KP notes his unvarnished honesty is almost admirable, but Josh is quick to clarify that choosing meth over a relationship is definitely a problem.
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Story Recap:
A woman matches with an older Lowe’s employee. For their first date, he brings flowers and presents her with a (discounted, returned) lawn mower in his truck. She politely declines, offers him her broken mower to repair, and their next "date" is a rescue dog road trip. He texts frequently with dad-like concern ("please be careful" if it’s sprinkling).
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Description:
To wind down, the hosts engage in gentle, cozy ASMR-style goodnight wishes, describing peaceful nighttime routines and sounds (fireplace, beads, stretching creaky knees, etc.) to lull listeners toward sleep.
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For listeners:
A playful, thoughtful, and deeply relatable take on the messiness and humor of dating—perfect wind-down listening for anyone who’s survived an awkward date or just wants to laugh about modern romance.